A man has described the terrifying moment an armed man swung a machete at his face.

Police are investigating after a person was taken to hospital following an alleged machete attack in Spring Bank. Two men are believed to have been assaulted after a man with a blade was spotted near to the junction of Morpeth Street on Saturday night.

According to eyewitnesses, up to seven police cars attended and a cordon was immediately set up in the area.

One man, who did not want to be named, spoke after the police left and claimed the suspect swung a knife at him numerous times. He said a group of three men came out a black Lexus car on Morpeth Street and two of the men had knives.

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"There were three people altogether. Two of them had a knife and one didn't," he said. "One of them came across and said 'f*** your sister' and nutted someone and then his own head started bleeding.

"I separated them and then he pulled his knife out. Then another guy came in to help separate them even more. We got him to the corner and he said, 'I kill you, I kill you, I kill you' to this man and then he tried to attack him."

Eyewitnesses recall up to seven police cars attending the incident

The eyewitness assumed the suspect was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and recalled the terrifying moment that the knife was swung at him.

"Loads of young girls started screaming," he said. "He started swinging the knife at me and it was very scary at that moment in time.

"Luckily someone managed to grab his hand and we tried to put him in the corner again but we couldn't because he had such a big knife."